Improvement in smut-mills



UNITED STATES :M PsovsMEN-r IN SM'UT-MILLS.

Specification forming part Vof Letters Patent No. 105.9951',ldated-August 2, 1870.V

To all whom .it may concern:

ABe it known that I, WILLIAM CARROLL THoMPsoN,'of the `county ofWilliamson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and I Eusefu'lImprovement in Smut-Mills; and I do hereby declare 'that the followingis afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe Vaccompanying drawing, and to the yletters of reference markedthereon.

4'Ihenature of my invention consists in proa-znill with circular box,made of iron, I.

and frame `made of anysuitable material, but more especially in the ribsor projections on Vthe insideof the box, against which the arms ofthecenter are made to revolve rapidly, they being made to work nearlyclose, so that no grain can pass through Without being j thoroughly`cleansed from smut, dust, or other matter. f

The .drawing represents a sectionalelevation withone'side left out, inorder to show more clearly the `internal arrangement. To enable othersskilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribeits construction and operation by reference to the drawing, inwhich A is a'circular'box, made of iron, and held together by meansofthe bolts I I II, through 4 the flanges on. the outside. v i I B, isthe hopper through which-themachine is fed.

E E E are ribs or projections cast on the inviside of both sides of thebox A.

G 'is thehnb of the center or beater, which is also 'made of iron. v. Y

D D D D are the arms or beaters, whichareV so made as to Work nearlyclose to the ribs E E E E E, so that no grain can passbetween withoutbeingthoronghly cleansed, by-means of the rapid motion of the machinewhen in operation.

F is the frame on which the machine rests,

and is made of Wood or any othersuitable Ina-A terial.

AGr is the pulley and shaft by which the ma-A chine is'operated. A

Having thus fully described the construction of my invention, I willproceed to describe its operation, which is simply that of putting themachine in motion by .means of a' belt on pulley G, after which feed itby pouring the grain into hopper B, which 'conducts it into the box A,`Where it is thoroughly cleansed by the action of the beaters or arms DDD D.V

Therefore What Ifclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is#- The ribs or projections E E E E E, on theinside of the box A, thecenter C, and the beaters or arms D D D D, in combination With the ,boxA, the frame F, and the shaft and pulley G, when arranged, constructed,and operated in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM CARROLL Thon-reos.

Witnesses: y

JAI/[Es H. SWENY, SILAs A. THOMPSON.

